une brosse à dents The noundents(teeth) is always used in the plural although the compound noun is singular. This is because we brush all our teeth, not just one. un chef-d’œuvre/des chefs-d’œuvre The wordœuvrerefers to an abstact concept in this compound noun, meaning ...
The point of departure for the first set of studies is based on French plural morphology as measured in the lexicon, where we demonstrate that in the real words of French, alternations impact polysyllables more than monosyllables. This size-based asymmetry is a novel observation, to our knowled...
Like English nouns, most French nouns have singular and plural forms. In addition, French nouns referring to people and animals often have different masculine and feminine forms, which means that these nouns can have up to four forms. - Lawless French